Open–IX Association To Speak At DatacenterDynamics Converged Dallas
Board secretary Barry Tishgart and board member-elect Josh Snowhorn to Discuss Open-IX and its role in improving physical fiber connections.
The Open-IX Association (OIX) has announced that Secretary of the Board Barry Tishgart and Board member-elect Josh Snowhorn will speak at DatacenterDynamics Converged Dallas, to be held December 9, 2014 at the Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel.
Tishgart and Snowhorn will present “Open-IX: Managing the Network Edge to Improve the Cost and Reliability of Physical Fiber Connections”, taking place in Hall 1 from 2:40 PM to 3:20 PM. The session will explore the main differentiators between Internet exchanges in European and North American markets. It will also discuss the proliferation of content delivery and cloud applications, as well as the resulting need to efficiently and economically transfer traffic amongst different networks. Additionally, Mr. Tishgart and Mr. Snowhorn will describe the establishment of the Open-IX Association, which develops and promotes international standards for data center-based distributed Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).